Well I'm testing the 1kW version at reading hopefully so I'll let you know. Bare in mind that scooter motors are rated by their peak power, where as Bosch 750s are rated by peak efficiency, so on a Bosch 750 has around 1.2kW, so an 800W scooter motor has a fair bit less power.
Last edited by Rapidrory; 25th June 2016 at 17:30.
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Motor options for chimera 2 at the moment are
1) Keep using wheelchair motors but run a sprocket and chain so that the shafts don't get broken like in chimera 1. However this will mean that the robot will be pretty slow. Alternatively we have a bigger gear on the gearbox shaft and a smaller one on the wheel although how much we could gear it up before the motor struggles to move 100kg we don't know.
2) take the motors out the gearbox and gear it down via sprockets and chain but has the same problems mentioned
3) 800w scooter motors geared down via sprocket and chain
4) mobility scooter motor unknown wattage via sprocket and chain
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